Papers
8
Total Citations
300
H-Index
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About
T. Madani’s research lies at the intersection of nonlinear control theory and robotics, with a primary focus on developing advanced, robust controllers for complex robotic systems—from miniature quadrotors to wearable exoskeletons. His most influential work, “Backstepping Sliding Mode Control Applied to a Miniature Quadrotor Flying Robot” (2006), has garnered 179 citations and introduced a novel hybrid controller that elegantly combines backstepping with sliding mode techniques to manage the inherent underactuation and nonlinearities of quadrotor dynamics. This foundational contribution established a framework for stabilizing and controlling aerial robots. Building on this, Madani has made significant strides in adaptive and intelligent control for redundant manipulators, pioneering neural network-based and variable structure approaches for collision avoidance with both fixed and mobile obstacles. His work has been instrumental in advancing the safety and autonomy of robotic arms in dynamic environments. More recently, he has applied his expertise in sliding mode control to wearable robotics, developing adaptive observers and integral-sliding-mode controllers for active orthoses and exoskeletons, as seen in his 2016 and 2019 publications. His 2024 paper on a real-time adaptive super-twisting algorithm optimized via particle swarm optimization demonstrates his ongoing commitment to practical, high-performance control solutions for human-robot interaction.
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- 1Backstepping Sliding Mode Control Applied to a Miniature Quadrotor Flying Robot179 citations · 2006
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- 5A new decentralized variable Structure control for robot Manipulators15 citations · 2003
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